Tibet

By: Tsering Choephel

DHARAMSALA, 05 May: A Tibetan secondary school teacher who had been detained incommunicado since 10th April has been released from detention but is being held under house arrest and terminated from his employment, reports Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy(TCHRD).

By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 05 May: Despite criticisms from Tibetan scholars and educators “Chinese authorities quietly began enforcing an assimilationist education system in Tibetan primary schools across restive Ngaba region in the Traditional Tibetan Province of Amdo..”

DHARAMSALA, 20 April: Chinese authorities have detained a Tibetan schoolteacher from restive Ngaba county in the traditional Tibetan province of Amdo “for expressing joy on seeing the Dalai Lama’s video online,” Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), a rights group based in Dharamsala said. 

DHARAMSALA, 15 April: The earliest evidence of dairy consumption on the Tibetan Plateau dates back to “3500 years ago and supported population expansion into its vast, non-farmable highlands,” new research has concluded. 

DHARAMSALA, 7 Feb: A Tibetan university student has been detained and fined by Chinese authorities for organising a ‘Losar’ (New Year) celebration where Buddhist flags were displayed as the backdrop on the stage instead of Chinese flags, Dharamsala-based Tibetan advocacy group Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) said.

DHARAMSALA, 3 Feb: A 56-year-old prominent Tibetan monk from Gyongpa village in Lithang County in the traditional Tibetan province of Kham who is serving life imprisonment has died in Chinese police custody, reported the CTA’s official website, Tibet.net.

DHARAMSALA, 6 Jan: Family members of Dorje Tashi, a renowned Tibetan entrepreneur serving life imprisonment, have been calling for his immediate release by staging sustained public protests against Chinese authorities responsible for passing the unfair verdict, the Dharamsala-based rights group Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy said.

DHARAMSALA, 23 Dec: Former Tibetan political prisoner Lama Lobsang from Dhargyal Monastery in Tehor in the Traditional Tibetan province of Kham has passed away at the age of 71 on Sunday. 

DHARAMSALA, 13 Dec:  Nearly two years into Tibetan writer-teacher Monlam Gyatso’s arrest, his family members and close associates are still in dark about his whereabouts and well-being, a source from the region told the Tibet Express.

DHARAMSALA, 7 Dec: A prominent Tibetan writer held in prison by the Chinese authorities since last December is believed to have been released, the Dharamsala-based rights group Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy said.